6:03 PM,
Sep. 9, 2013

The Detroit skyline, left and Windsor skyline, right, on opposite banks of the Detroit River.

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A Belgian man is behind bars after telling an alleged bogus tale about how he and his belongings ended up in the Detroit River.

He pretended to be a crime victim, authorities said, when he was really an unlawful immigrant trying to sneak into the country.

According to a criminal complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court, U.S. border agents spotted the man around 2 a.m. Thursday. He was hanging over the water from a boardwalk near Atwater Street. ...